Disposable manicure and nail cleaning device

ABSTRACT

An apparatus for cleaning excess nail coating with an elongated planar base comprising a converging end and cotton attached to the converging end.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

It is a common desire to appear more attractive. One common practice forachieving this goal is the desire to clean and paint ones nails and toapply a nail coating thereto. This practice is referred to asmanicuring.

During the cleaning and painting of ones nails it is not uncommon tohave areas of paint which extend beyond the nail. This is unsightly andcontrary to the desire of increased attractiveness. There has been along felt need for an efficient way to remove the excess paint withoutsmearing or otherwise fouling the nail coating which is correctlyapplied to the nail.

Cotton swabs are currently used with limited success. With cotton swabsit is difficult to precisely remove the excess nail coating without alsodisturbing the properly applied coating.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION.

It is an object of the invention to provide an improved apparatus, andmethod, for manicuring ones nails.

It is another object of the invention to provide an apparatus, andmethod, for cleaning excess nail coating without disrupting that whichis properly applied.

These and other advantages, as will be realized, are provided in anapparatus for cleaning excess nail coating comprising an elongatedplanar base comprising a converging end and cotton attached to theconverging end.

DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES

FIG. 1 illustrates an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The invention will be described with reference to the figure forming anintegral part of the present invention.

An embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in perspectiveview in FIG. 1. In FIG. 1 the manicure tool comprises an elongated base,1. The base is preferably planar although other cross-sectional shapessuch as cylindrical can be used to demonstrate the invention. At leastone end, 2, and preferably both ends, converge thereby providing asubstantially sharpened end. The end preferably converges over a lengthof about 1 to 2 cm. Covering the converged end of the base is cotton, ora similar material, in sufficient amount to absorb small amounts ofliquid yet not so much as to obscure the overall shape of the end. Thecotton is preferably about 0.1 to about 0.9 mm in depth.

The length of the device is preferably about 10-18 cm with about 12-15cm being more preferred. The width of the device is preferably about 1-3cm with about 1.5 to 2 cm being preferred.

The base can be made of wood, plastic, metal or cardboard and ispreferably disposable. Plastic is most preferred due to the low cost.

In practice, the device is used by dipping the end into a paint removerand carefully contacting the excess nail coating with the wetted end ofthe device. One of skill in the art would readily appreciate alternativeembodiments and alternate methods without departing from the scope ofthe invention as set forth in the claims which are integral hereto.

1. An apparatus for cleaning excess nail coating comprising an elongatedplanar base comprising a converging end and cotton attached to saidconverging end.
 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said cotton is 0.1to 0.9 mm in depth.
 3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said apparatusis about 10 to 18 cm in length.
 4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein saidbase apparatus is about 1 to 3 cm in width.
 5. The apparatus of claim 1wherein said converging end converges over a length of 1 to 3 cm.
 6. Amethod of manicuring nails comprising: applying a coating to a nailwherein said coating comprises an excess; obtaining an apparatus ofclaim 1; dipping said converging end into a liquid to form a wetted end;contacting said wetted end with said excess to remove said excess.